Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Prosthodontics is a well defined and broad dental specialty catering to a wide range of oral rehabilitative treatment needs of community. It is continuously evolving consequent to the rapid advancements in dental biomaterials science, clinical and laboratory techniques and technologies, education, research, therapeutics, literature, and interdisciplinary developments. Are the current developments innovative enough to address the future changing clinical, educational, and research needs? This review attempts to provide a glimpse into the current concepts, techniques, materials, trends, and developments in the discipline of prosthodontics and its related fields with the aim of demonstrating how far we have come as a specialty. Also the impact such developments may have on the theory and practice of the discipline in future is also reflected.
Keywords: Prosthodontics, Trends, Developments, Future Education, Research.

Corresponding Author: Mohammed Shahid M.A, Department of Prosthodontics, KMCT Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India - 673602.

This article may be cited as:  Kumar CP, MA Amrutha, M.A S Mohammed. Trends in Prosthodontics: An Overview. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(2):35-40.